Asheville Police Department says there were 22 thousand supporters in the stadium and six thousand more lined up around the perimeter.
Some folks even camped out to see Senator Barack Obama. Others got to Asheville High School at seven-thirty this morning.
Arratik at Scrutiny Hooligans caught Obama at the Vance/Adcock dinner last night. (Not the best video quality but you can still here Barack Obama loud and clear.)
Obama in Asheville. Magnificent.
Saturday Night Live is on a roll. They’ve found their old groove in mocking Governor Sarah Palin, the gift that keeps on giving. Here, Queen Latifah plays Gwen Ifill. This is funny.
The very popular progressive blog Crooks and Liars changed their design. Now it has less color and more openness. Still great blogging! I like the look.
There’s been a lot of analysis of the debate between Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin. I think that any honest assessment of the debate reveals that Palin lost in a number of ways. She lost the debate on substance. She lost the debate on style. Finally, she didn’t answer most of the questions. Debate moderator Gwen Ifill stated, “She blew me off.”
From Politico:
On at least 10 occasions, Palin gave answers that were nonspecific, completely generic, pivoted away from the question at hand, or simply ignored it: on global warming, an Iraq exit strategy, Iran and Pakistan, Iranian diplomacy, Israel-Palestine (and a follow-up), the nuclear trigger, interventionism, Cheney’s vice presidency and her own greatest weakness.
If you really don’t know that much, then your best defense is smiling and repeating talking points. Palin proved that even after a lot of preparation, she doesn’t know much.
Errington C. Thompson, MD, is a surgeon, scholar, fulltime sports fan and part-time political activist. He is active in a number of community projects and initiatives. Through medicine, he strives to improve the physical health of all he treats...
